PROS:
-Great location! Approximately a 3 minute walk to BTS On Nut and 1 minute walk to giant grocery store Tesco. 7/11 is 30 second walk. There are many many restaurants across the street from the building, as well as lots of restaurants inside the Tesco building. Shout out to Noot’s noodles (she sets up her shop on weeknights for dinner on the street outside the Tesco parking lot). If you cross Sukhumvit Road, you can find a beer garden type place with many restaurants, a mall with many Japanese restaurants, plus a small night market and street food. Lots of massage places near the night market as well (affordable starting at 250 baht per hour). All of this is less than a 10 minute walk!
-Large (for Bangkok) apartment! Big enough and comfortable for two people. Bed is comfortable. Towels and sheets were provided. Neighborhood is quiet, not much traffic noise.
-Laundry facility inside the building. 25 baht to wash. They do have a dryer, but it is not very efficient for the cost (70 baht later the clothes were still damp). You can hang clothes on the balcony instead.
-Filtered water station in laundry room so you can refill water bottles. Approximately 3 baht to fill 4-5 liters.
-Not shown in photos: the host upgraded the tv in the apartment and has included an HDMI cable to connect laptop to tv.
-Very excellent and quick responses from host. The wifi was down and she replied to my message and had the wifi working within 30 minutes. She also allowed my boyfriend and I to check out much later than the stated time because no one else had booked the apartment after us.
CONS:
-Apartment building looks bit old and run down (even though it’s only about 10 years old). The swimming pool is small and so is the gym.
-The furniture and linens in the apartment is also a bit worn out (except the TV which looks new). The sheets had a few small rips. The extra sheets and comforter in the closet all smelled musty and not clean. The couch is so ripped that a blanket has been used to cover the damage.
-The kitchen appliances are good, but there are stains of old cooking oil on the walls and cabinets creating a sticky and greasy residue. The microwave, fridge, and rice cooker also were greasy. The bathroom shower had lots of mold. The apartment could use a new coat of paint and a deep clean!
Saisunee’s place has a lot of potential! She is a great and responsive host and the apartment is in a prime location! The price of the apartment is affordable, but you get what you pay for. With some small changes, Saisunee’s apartment could easily be one of the best deals in Bangkok!